Bill Arnold wrote: > The other, more important, I think, consideration is the ongoing "(when) > should I move my stand-alone VFP-centric application to Client/Server"? > > Moving to C/S is a strong argument, is made all the time, and you've > already heard it here. > > I'm not going to knock C/S. Our peers, especially those with 'broad > views', argue that it's a compelling case to go C/S and leave VFP either > behind or relegated as a desktop front-end to the larger C/S solution. > In ways, not the least of which is technical achievement, they are > right. It is true that every programmer worth his/her salt wants to get > and sell experience with backends. Heck, I've done it just to know that > I can. > > The case I'll try to make is that, despite the fact that C/S is > technically better, switching a VFP-centric app to C/S elevates the cost > and complexity of the business proposition across the board, and as a > consequence invariably sucks the small software enterprise into the Big > League vortex, where competition is intense and capital eventually > reigns supreme - at the expense of what's left of our spirit of small > business independence. I suspect at least some people have made the jump > only to realize the actual price was much greater then they bargained > for. >
I respectfully disagree, if you've designed your application in a N-tier fashion so as to not bind your hands by building tons of that "complexity" into your application. I've been using a N-tier approach for 5+ years now and it makes my development life very easy, especially since I've got my own little framework that is well suited for my tasks. --Michael _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
